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I am getting a weird rectangular box on this website that is not allowing me to read the article in peace. My assumption was they did want me to read it, but it

by dizhn 3y ago

I am getting a weird rectangular box on this website that is not allowing me to read the article in peace. My assumption was they did want me to read it, but it doesn't seem to be the case. It says "Discover more from Deus In Machina" on this box. I would maybe want to discover more except for 2 things, #1 it won't let me read the current thing, #2 i don't know that other things will let me read it either. I think they should fix this quite obvious bug before writing more articles.

ArchieMaclean 3y ago
Beneath the large obvious green 'Subscribe' button there is some low-contrast grey text ('Continue reading') that, when clicked, hides the box. This is on Substack's side, not the author of the article.
dfan 3y ago
This is an annoying Substack thing. Click on "Continue reading" (if you wish to).
- doodpants 3y ago
  I use the "Disable JavaScript" extension in Firefox, and created a rule which disables JavaScript for the entire substack.com domain so as to avoid this nonsense. Unfortunately, some sites such as this one use their own domain name despite being based on Substack, so I still have to disable it manually in these cases.
efficax 3y ago
just click continue reading…
- eyelidlessness 3y ago
  Substack has a really annoying implementation of this that can be super non-obvious in some cases, because it’s based on a fixed(-ish?) scroll position but blocks before the modal is effectively visible. On my first visit to the article I was convinced that several links on the page were just underlined text because I happened to scroll to just the right place where I had a modal overlay I couldn’t see. I only discovered they were actually links after giving up and scrolling to read more, then second guessing my original conclusion.
mrkeen 3y ago
I get this kind of thing on plenty of articles linked from HN. Sometimes it's a paywall. Othertimes it's just an inexplicable UX race to the bottom. The first stages of "enshittification" I guess?
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by dizhn 3y ago

ArchieMaclean 3y ago

Beneath the large obvious green 'Subscribe' button there is some low-contrast grey text ('Continue reading') that, when clicked, hides the box. This is on Substack's side, not the author of the article.

dfan 3y ago

This is an annoying Substack thing. Click on "Continue reading" (if you wish to).

doodpants 3y ago
I use the "Disable JavaScript" extension in Firefox, and created a rule which disables JavaScript for the entire substack.com domain so as to avoid this nonsense. Unfortunately, some sites such as this one use their own domain name despite being based on Substack, so I still have to disable it manually in these cases.

efficax 3y ago

just click continue reading…

eyelidlessness 3y ago
Substack has a really annoying implementation of this that can be super non-obvious in some cases, because it’s based on a fixed(-ish?) scroll position but blocks before the modal is effectively visible. On my first visit to the article I was convinced that several links on the page were just underlined text because I happened to scroll to just the right place where I had a modal overlay I couldn’t see. I only discovered they were actually links after giving up and scrolling to read more, then second guessing my original conclusion.

mrkeen 3y ago

I get this kind of thing on plenty of articles linked from HN. Sometimes it's a paywall. Othertimes it's just an inexplicable UX race to the bottom. The first stages of "enshittification" I guess?

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